HIDE-AND-SEEK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hide-and-seek mean? 

• HIDE-AND-SEEK (noun)
  The noun HIDE-AND-SEEK has 1 sense:

1. a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them

  Familiarity information: HIDE-AND-SEEK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIDE-AND-SEEK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

hide-and-seek; hide and go seek

Hypernyms ("hide-and-seek" is a kind of...):

child's game (a game enjoyed by children)

 Context examples 

And then we played hide-and-seek with the blind man.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I would sometimes lie down, and let five or six of them dance on my hand; and at last the boys and girls would venture to come and play at hide-and-seek in my hair.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)